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"Home" boasts the surprisingly irresistible combination of Jim Parsons' voice and an animated alien with wide-set eyes, a gap-toothed grin, "nostricles" where ears might be, hands with four fingers, and six squat legs.

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Author and television host Peter Walsh says the genesis of his new book, "Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight: The Six-Week Total-Life Slim Down" (Rodale, $26.99) was born from research studies showing a relationship between clutter and obesity. But he had already seen the connection.

Sure, it's pretty and it's fancy. Charming in an old-world, other-world sort of way. And historic, on lists and registers, in books. But make no mistake, the all-dolled-up Ballard, Seattle, two-story known as the Norvell House and built in 1908 is here to serve.

I recently asked my Facebook friends to tell me what they'd like me to blog about, and one decorating dilemma that came up over and again was: "Where do I start when I'm designing a room?" Some were moving into brand-new houses and had a big (and intimidating) blank slate. Others wanted to redecorate...

When it comes to decorating kids' bedrooms, boys' spaces can get short shrift. Unlike the volumes and catalogs of styles for girls, only a few predictable themes seem to come up frequently when creating a bedroom for boys.

When you live in a society that values perfection almost above all things (like ours), it is difficult to admit mistakes. It's even harder to realize that mistakes will continue to be made, the product of bad choices, or bad planning, or bad luck. Nobody likes to fail.